On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens today's trading room with a chart that begs the question, "Bitcoin or Tesla?" He and Erin then follow with a detailed market overview and determine which Dow stocks are the best right now.... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl gives us his perspective on why this bear market bottom is different than prior bear market rallies. What is keeping him bullish? He and Erin look talk about the VIX and the current fear factor (or lack thereof)... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl and Erin discuss their study of the Silver Cross Index (SCI) positive and negative crossovers and how they are helping determine not only bias, but possible entries/exits in the market as a whole. Carl covers the bullish... READ MORE
With the market on the cusp of a rally, we thought it time to walk through our Silver Cross Index (SCI) and Golden Cross Index on the broad markets (SPX, NASDAQ and NYSE). Before we look at each chart, let's review what Golden and Silver Crosses are. Most... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, after looking closely at the market and new positive divergences on DecisionPoint indicators, Carl opens a CandleGlance of the Dow 30 and discusses which stocks look the most encouraging. Erin dives into four sectors and their industry groups to... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl goes into detail on how DecisionPoint Climax Analysis works. Climax identification can give you clues into market behavior for the next few days, but it is more than that. Meanwhile, Erin covers sectors and dives into industry groups... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl discusses the implications of short-term vs. intermediate-term indicators' reactions to last week's rally and what they will likely look like after today's rally. Good stuff on the charts right now! Erin dives into... READ MORE
As we saw a positive divergence materialize on the $SPX with New Lows, we thought it a good time to bring out the NYSE New Highs/New Lows chart, which has also seen a positive divergence between shrinking New Lows and price bottoms that were moving lower. This indicator has... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl reacts to a viewer question about why he thinks the market will likely retrace 55% or more from the bull market high. He focuses on earnings, which he goes through in detail. We also got a bonus discussion... READ MORE
As we looked at yesterday's Discount for the Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) we realized it was one of the lowest readings on record since data started being collected in 2010. Closed-end funds like PHYS can sell at a premium or discount to their net asset value (NAV)... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl takes an in-depth look at the damaging mortgage rates and their effect on home buyers. He gives his unique perspective on overall market conditions and discusses the "Golden Cross" Index and "Silver Cross" Index... READ MORE
Every Friday during the DecisionPoint Diamond Mine trading room for DP Diamonds subscribers only, we do an in-depth look at all of the sectors and choose a "Sector to Watch" that could see positive results the following week. We then dive into that sector and find an "... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl covers what the market was up to and reviews Friday's indicators. He looks at the top ten capitalized stocks in the S&P to see which, if any, were leading the market higher. Apple (AAPL)... READ MORE
DecisionPoint Diamonds scans have failed to produce. In order to get even a few results, we have had to ease the restrictions, particularly on EMA configurations. If we don't get scan results for "Diamonds in the Rough", we dive into the Industry Summary on StockCharts.com... READ MORE
In yesterday's DecisionPoint Trading Room (airs 3p ET), Carl took a close look at the VIX over the years. We discussed last week in our DecisionPoint Alert subscriber blog that sentiment simply wasn't THAT bearish yet. This chart really reflects what we're talking about.... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens things with a discussion regarding the benefits of dividend investing, particularly if/when we finally begin to see an end to the current bear market conditions. He gives us his perspective on today's market action... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens this week's show by covering the major markets and asset classes. He reviews the mega-cap stocks that are leading the market lower. DP indicators came through on warning that there was trouble ahead; Carl explains... READ MORE
We decided to take a look at our Silver Cross Index (SCI) and Golden Cross Index (GCI) across the broad markets. They were startling, to say the least. As we all debate whether this is the end of the Bear Market of 2022, these two indicators suggest it just might... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl talks about the market conditions and trends, then dives into the metals and discusses possible entries. He explains how to use premium/discounts to determine sentiment for Gold and Silver, then covers yield inversions. Erin presents the sector... READ MORE
This morning, I was at my parents' house, and my Dad chatted with me before I left. He said, in so many words, that I was probably a bit too bearish right now. It was likely in response to yesterday's free article (and DP Alert opening) about... READ MORE
We have two primary indicators in the short term (Swenlin Trading Oscillators (STOs)) and two primary indicators in the intermediate term (ITBM/ITVM). Of late, they have been diverging, with the short-term STOs moving lower and the intermediate-term ITBM/ITVM rising. We've included the chart below so you... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl takes questions from the audience on his opinions regarding Silver, Gold and what he's looking for as an end to the bear market. Meanwhile, Erin looks under the hood at leading sectors Technology and Consumer Discretionary,... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl and Erin cover the indicators and live market action. Erin takes a deep dive into the Energy sector, among others that appear promising. Stocks reviewed include PayPal (PYPL), Carl's take on Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL)... READ MORE
On this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens the session with his market overview, spending extra time on Crude Oil. He answers quite a few viewer questions, including a discussion of his famous P/E chart, and elaborates on questions regarding Energy. He and Erin... READ MORE
While we have negative long-term expectations for the market, we notice that most of the eleven S&P sectors are looking rather bullish intermediate-term. Only two sectors -- Energy and Materials -- have been making new lows, but the rest are either showing rising bottoms from the June low... READ MORE
Carl and Erin present the premiere of StockCharts TV's new series, The DecisionPoint Trading Room! Carl takes questions on options, his favorite indicators and market trend following. Erin deep dives into Technology, Healthcare and Real Estate, plus covers symbol requests. This video was originally recorded on July 11,... READ MORE
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Erin, flying solo for the week, jumps right into an overview of the market and DecisionPoint indicators, with coverage of the woes of Bitcoin and encouraging news for Crude Oil. She deep dives into one of the best performing sectors, Healthcare, and also reviews the... READ MORE
We know it is bad out there -- we don't have to tell you that. But the technicals are now proving to us how bad it really is. Just so you know, these two industry groups' Price Momentum Oscillators (PMOs) only began rising today; so prior to... READ MORE
Yesterday I wrote an article about positive divergences on New Lows for the Nasdaq and NYSE. The Nasdaq is still sporting its positive divergence with New Lows, but the SPX, NYSE, OEX (not shown), S&P400 (not shown) and NDX (not shown) have lost the positive divergences they had... READ MORE
DecisionPoint has been on a roll -- or our indicators have been, anyway. Most notably, last Wednesday, we let DP Alert subscribers know that a downturn was likely. On Thursday the market fell out of bed. We mentioned yesterday to subscribers of the DP Alert that, due to short-term indicators... READ MORE
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl and Erin spend time discussing not only the current market chaos, but also looking at history as a guide. They give their perspectives on two prior bear markets and what it could mean for the markets now. Carl talks about the possible end of... READ MORE
It's been trending on social media that it is time for yields to top. One of the charts in the DPA ChartList (available to subscribers of DecisionPoint.com Blogs) is a long-term yield chart. The chart in the ChartList includes 1-yr yield on up to the 30-year yield,... READ MORE
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl and Erin discuss their short-term bullish expectations and whether they are still valid under current market conditions. Carl covers "breadth with depth" indicators for Nasdaq, NYSE and Mid- and Small-caps. Erin dives into two sectors "under the hood" to find... READ MORE
In this special edition of DecisionPoint, Erin goes through the primary chart patterns and how they can be used to determine upside and downside targets. She discusses how the market in general can affect the resolution of chart patterns. Regardless of the type of market environment, chart patterns give you... READ MORE
The following is a complimentary copy of Friday's subscriber-only DP Weekly Wrap. Want this content in your email box every market day? Subscribe to the DP Alert without delay! It was a volatile trading week, with investors breathing a sigh of relief on today's positive close.... READ MORE
This is an excerpt from today's subscriber-only DecisionPoint Alert report... We decided to cover some sentiment charts on the DecisionPoint Show yesterday. It is an interesting picture. Clearly sentiment is bearish. The question is whether it is bearish enough to start expecting a bear market bottom. Let'... READ MORE
On this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl walks viewers through the FAANG+ mega-cap stocks. Using earnings per share and P/E, Carl shows how to find "fair value" support. Erin discusses oversold indicators now versus 2020 bear market low. She then analyzes technical support levels on the major indexes... READ MORE
How low can we go? On this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl walks viewers through the FAANG+ mega-cap stocks. Using earnings per share and P/E, Carl shows how to find "fair value" support. Erin discusses oversold indicators now versus 2020 bear market low. She then analyzes technical support... READ MORE
The Golden Cross Index (GCI) and Silver Cross Index (SCI) give a much better picture of market breadth than any advance-decline based indicator. And, rather than breadth, we think of them as giving an accurate measure of participation -- the percentage of stocks participating in the up or down pressures... READ MORE
Carl was unable to join Erin for this episode of DecisionPoint, but she packed a punch with plenty of charts to give you the current "state of the market". As noted in the headline, it is UGLY out there. Where's the strength? Erin does an in... READ MORE